Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery: Scintigraphic diagnosis with Tc 99m lung scan

Cardiovasc Dis. 1980 December; 7(4): 344–349.

PMCID: PMC287877

Joong H. Choh, M.D., V. Srinivasan, M.D., Leon Levinsky, M.D., Daniel R. Pieroni, M.D., Robert L. Gingell, M.D., and S. Subramanian, M.D.

Departments of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital, Buffalo, New York.

Abstract

A case of anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is reported. The diagnosis was made on the basis of characteristic Tc 99m lung scan findings and was confirmed by subsequent angiocardiography and surgery.

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